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{{Article header|deck=A Grade 5 Thruster specialist based at Cinder Dock in Shenve, reached through Marco Qwent after travelling at least 5,000 light-years from your career start location.
|eyebrow=EDFM // Engineer
|deck=A Grade 5 Thruster specialist based at Cinder Dock in Shenve, reached through Marco Qwent after travelling at least 5,000 light-years from your career start location.
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{{Engineer infobox
{{Engineer infobox}}
|name = Chloe Sedesi
|image = Chloesedesi.png
|engineer_type = Ship Engineer
|system = [[Shenve]]
|facility = Cinder Dock
|specialties = Thrusters, Frame Shift Drive
|prerequisite_engineer = [[Marco Qwent]]
|discovery_requirement = Referral from Marco Qwent
|invitation_requirement = Reach a maximum distance of at least 5,000 Ly from your career start location
|unlock_requirement = Deliver 25 [[Sensor Fragments]]
}}


'''Chloe Sedesi''' is a ship Engineer based at '''Cinder Dock''' in the [[Shenve]] system, in the Witch Head region. She is reached through [[Marco Qwent]] and is best known for providing '''Grade 5 Thruster Engineering'''. She also provides Frame Shift Drive Engineering through Grade 3.<ref name="inara-chloe">[https://inara.cz/elite/engineer/25/ Chloe Sedesi — Engineer], Inara, accessed 2026-08-14.</ref><ref name="newp-engineers">[https://newp.io/engrhighlight Engineer Highlight], New Pilots Initiative, accessed 2026-08-14.</ref>
'''Chloe Sedesi''' is a ship Engineer based at '''Cinder Dock''' in the [[Shenve]] system, in the Witch Head region. She is reached through [[Marco Qwent]] and is best known for providing '''Grade 5 Thruster Engineering'''. She also provides Frame Shift Drive Engineering through Grade 3.<ref name="inara-chloe">[https://inara.cz/elite/engineer/25/ Chloe Sedesi — Engineer], Inara.</ref><ref name="newp-engineers">[https://newp.io/engrhighlight Engineer Highlight], New Pilots Initiative.</ref>


Chloe provides the same maximum Engineering grades as [[Professor Palin]]: Grade 5 Thrusters and Grade 3 Frame Shift Drives. Both Engineers are separate referrals from Marco Qwent rather than one being unlocked through the other.<ref name="inara-engineers">[https://inara.cz/elite/engineers/ Engineers], Inara, accessed 2026-08-14.</ref>
Chloe provides the same maximum Engineering grades as [[Professor Palin]]: Grade 5 Thrusters and Grade 3 Frame Shift Drives. Both Engineers are separate referrals from Marco Qwent rather than one being unlocked through the other.<ref name="inara-engineers">[https://inara.cz/elite/engineers/ Engineers], Inara.</ref>


{{Field note|Chloe and [[Professor Palin]] have very similar access requirements and Engineering capabilities, but they are '''parallel Engineers'''. Unlocking Palin does not unlock Chloe, and unlocking Chloe does not unlock Palin.}}
{{Field note|Chloe and [[Professor Palin]] have very similar access requirements and Engineering capabilities, but they are '''parallel Engineers'''. Unlocking Palin does not unlock Chloe, and unlocking Chloe does not unlock Palin.}}
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# Select '''Stats'''.
# Select '''Stats'''.
# Open the '''Exploration''' statistics.
# Open the '''Exploration''' statistics.
# Find '''Max Distance From Start'''.<ref name="frontier-distance">[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/professor-palin-cant-find-distance-traveled.543935/ Professor Palin — Can't Find Distance Traveled], Frontier Forums, accessed 2026-08-14.</ref>
# Find '''Max Distance From Start'''.<ref name="frontier-distance">[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/professor-palin-cant-find-distance-traveled.543935/ Professor Palin — Can't Find Distance Traveled], Frontier Forums.</ref>


The value shown under '''Max Distance From Start''' is the relevant statistic for Chloe's requirement. Do not confuse it with your total hyperspace distance travelled.
The value shown under '''Max Distance From Start''' is the relevant statistic for Chloe's requirement. Do not confuse it with your total hyperspace distance travelled.
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== How to Unlock Chloe Sedesi ==
== How to Unlock Chloe Sedesi ==


To gain access to Chloe's Engineering workshop:
Unlock requirements summary:
 
* Reach '''Grade 3 access and at least one-third progress toward Grade 4''' with [[Marco Qwent]].
# Reach '''Grade 3 access and at least one-third progress toward Grade 4''' with [[Marco Qwent]].
* Reach a maximum distance of at least '''5,000 Ly from your career start location'''.
# Receive Marco's referral to Chloe Sedesi.
* Obtain '''25 [[Sensor Fragments]]'''.
# Reach a maximum distance of at least '''5,000 Ly from your career start location'''.
* Provide the 25 Sensor Fragments to Chloe Sedesi.
# Obtain '''25 [[Sensor Fragments]]'''.
{{Important|'''Sensor Fragments are very rare Manufactured Engineering materials of Thargoid origin.''' They are not commodities and do not occupy normal cargo space.}}
# Travel to '''Cinder Dock''' in [[Shenve]].
# Provide the 25 Sensor Fragments to Chloe Sedesi.
# Enter the Engineer workshop and begin [[Engineer Reputation|increasing your reputation with Chloe]].
 
{{Important|'''Sensor Fragments are very rare Manufactured Engineering materials of Thargoid origin.''' They are not commodities and do not occupy normal cargo space.<ref name="inara-sensor-fragment">[https://inara.cz/elite/component/113/ Sensor Fragment — Component], Inara, accessed 2026-08-14.</ref>}}
 
=== Obtaining Sensor Fragments ===
 
Sensor Fragments are pieces of Thargoid Sensors. Current material data lists them as obtainable from:
 
* destroyed Thargoid Sensors;
* Non-Human Signal Sources; and
* Thargoid sites.<ref name="inara-sensor-fragment" />
 
See [[Sensor Fragments]] for current collection methods and recommended locations.
 
{{Field note|[[Professor Palin]] also requires '''25 Sensor Fragments'''. Unlocking one Engineer does not satisfy the other's donation requirement. If you plan to unlock both, you will need enough Sensor Fragments for both unlocks.}}
{{Field note|[[Professor Palin]] also requires '''25 Sensor Fragments'''. Unlocking one Engineer does not satisfy the other's donation requirement. If you plan to unlock both, you will need enough Sensor Fragments for both unlocks.}}


{{Field note|Current Engineer data notes that station services may not become available immediately after Chloe is unlocked. If the workshop or other expected services do not appear after completing the unlock, logging out and back in may make them available.<ref name="inara-chloe" />}}
For the complete step-by-step process, see [[Unlocking Chloe Sedesi]].


== Increasing Engineer Reputation ==
== Increasing Engineer Reputation ==
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=== Thrusters ===
=== Thrusters ===


Available Thruster Experimental Effects include:<ref name="inara-thrusters">[https://inara.cz/elite/blueprint/6/ Thrusters — Clean], Inara, accessed 2026-08-14.</ref>
Available Thruster Experimental Effects include:<ref name="inara-thrusters">[https://inara.cz/elite/blueprint/6/ Thrusters — Clean], Inara.</ref>


* [[Double Braced]]
* [[Double Braced]]
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=== Frame Shift Drive ===
=== Frame Shift Drive ===


Available Frame Shift Drive Experimental Effects include:<ref name="inara-fsd">[https://inara.cz/elite/blueprint/1/ Frame Shift Drive — Faster Boot Sequence], Inara, accessed 2026-08-14.</ref>
Available Frame Shift Drive Experimental Effects include:<ref name="inara-fsd">[https://inara.cz/elite/blueprint/1/ Frame Shift Drive — Faster Boot Sequence], Inara.</ref>


* [[Deep Charge]]
* [[Deep Charge]]
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This is a recommendation rather than a universal rule. Clean, Reinforced, or a different Experimental Effect may be more appropriate for specialised builds.}}
This is a recommendation rather than a universal rule. Clean, Reinforced, or a different Experimental Effect may be more appropriate for specialised builds.}}


Dirty Engineering increases Thruster performance while increasing power draw and thermal load and reducing module integrity. The tradeoffs increase at higher grades.<ref name="inara-thrusters-dirty">[https://inara.cz/elite/blueprint/4/ Thrusters — Dirty], Inara, accessed 2026-08-14.</ref>
Dirty Engineering increases Thruster performance while increasing power draw and thermal load and reducing module integrity. The tradeoffs increase at higher grades.<ref name="inara-thrusters-dirty">[https://inara.cz/elite/blueprint/4/ Thrusters — Dirty], Inara.</ref>


{{Field note|[[Drag Drives]] and [[Drive Distributors]] modify Thruster performance in different ways. Drag Drives is not automatically the best Experimental Effect for every ship and Thruster combination; very mass-sensitive configurations can benefit differently depending on the module's optimal-mass curve.}}
{{Field note|[[Drag Drives]] and [[Drive Distributors]] modify Thruster performance in different ways. Drag Drives is not automatically the best Experimental Effect for every ship and Thruster combination; very mass-sensitive configurations can benefit differently depending on the module's optimal-mass curve.}}
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{{Tip|'''EDFM recommendation:''' [[Clean Thrusters]] is a useful blueprint to pin at Chloe if [[Professor Palin]] is already being used to pin [[Dirty Thrusters]].
{{Tip|'''EDFM recommendation:''' [[Clean Thrusters]] is a useful blueprint to pin at Chloe if [[Professor Palin]] is already being used to pin [[Dirty Thrusters]].


Both Chloe and Palin provide Grade 5 Thruster Engineering, which makes the pair useful for keeping two different Grade 5 Thruster blueprints available through Remote Engineering.
Both Chloe and Palin provide Grade 5 Thruster Engineering, which makes the pair useful for keeping two different Grade 5 Thruster blueprints available through [[Remote Engineering]].}}
 
New Pilots Initiative's current suggested pinning plan likewise assigns '''Clean Drive''' to Chloe Sedesi and '''Dirty Drive''' to Professor Palin.<ref name="newp-engineering">[https://newp.io/engineeringguide Engineering Guide], New Pilots Initiative, accessed 2026-08-14.</ref>}}


If Dirty Thrusters is more useful for your fleet and is not already pinned elsewhere, there is no requirement to use the Clean blueprint simply because Chloe can provide it. Blueprint pinning should reflect the modules and builds you actually use.
If Dirty Thrusters is more useful for your fleet and is not already pinned elsewhere, there is no requirement to use the Clean blueprint simply because Chloe can provide it. Blueprint pinning should reflect the modules and builds you actually use.

Latest revision as of 21:20, 24 August 2026

EDFM // Engineering / Engineers

A Grade 5 Thruster specialist based at Cinder Dock in Shenve, reached through Marco Qwent after travelling at least 5,000 light-years from your career start location.

Chloe Sedesi
ENGINEER
Engineer type
Ship Engineer
System
Shenve
Facility
Cinder Dock
Region
Witch Head
Specialties
Thrusters, Frame Shift Drive
Maximum grade
Grade 5
ACCESS
Prerequisite
Marco Qwent — Grade 3 access plus at least one-third progress toward Grade 4
Discovery
Referral from Marco Qwent
Invitation
Reach a maximum distance of at least 5,000 Ly from your career start location
Unlock
Provide 25 Sensor Fragments

Chloe Sedesi is a ship Engineer based at Cinder Dock in the Shenve system, in the Witch Head region. She is reached through Marco Qwent and is best known for providing Grade 5 Thruster Engineering. She also provides Frame Shift Drive Engineering through Grade 3.[1][2]

Chloe provides the same maximum Engineering grades as Professor Palin: Grade 5 Thrusters and Grade 3 Frame Shift Drives. Both Engineers are separate referrals from Marco Qwent rather than one being unlocked through the other.[3]

Field note

Chloe and Professor Palin have very similar access requirements and Engineering capabilities, but they are parallel Engineers. Unlocking Palin does not unlock Chloe, and unlocking Chloe does not unlock Palin.

Location

  • System: Shenve
  • Facility: Cinder Dock
  • Engineer type: Ship Engineer
  • Referral required: Marco Qwent
  • System permit required: No
  • Region: Witch Head

Cinder Dock is a surface facility in Shenve. Chloe's workshop was established in the Witch Head region as part of the expansion of human infrastructure there.[4]

Field note

Shenve is considerably farther from the core inhabited Bubble than most early ship Engineers. Plan for the additional travel before heading to Cinder Dock.

How to Discover Chloe Sedesi

Chloe Sedesi is discovered through Marco Qwent.

Reach Grade 3 access and progress at least one-third of the way toward Grade 4 with Marco to receive his referral to Chloe.[2]

Field note

Receiving Marco's referral and satisfying Chloe's 5,000-light-year meeting requirement are separate conditions. The referral does not replace the distance requirement.

How to Receive an Invitation

Reach a maximum distance of at least 5,000 light-years from your career start location.[1]

This is a distance-from-start requirement, not a cumulative travel requirement. Flying a total of 5,000 Ly through many shorter trips does not satisfy it unless your recorded maximum distance from your career start location reaches at least 5,000 Ly.

Checking your distance from your starting location

You can check your progress directly in-game:

  1. Open the right-hand cockpit panel.
  2. Select Codex.
  3. Open the Commander section.
  4. Select Stats.
  5. Open the Exploration statistics.
  6. Find Max Distance From Start.[5]

The value shown under Max Distance From Start is the relevant statistic for Chloe's requirement. Do not confuse it with your total hyperspace distance travelled.

Important

You need the Max Distance From Start value to reach at least 5,000 Ly. You do not need to travel 5,000 Ly outward and then another 5,000 Ly back before the requirement counts. Once your maximum-distance statistic has reached 5,000 Ly, the distance requirement has been satisfied.

You only need to reach the required distance; you do not need to remain 5,000 Ly away after the condition has been recorded.

Tip

The same 5,000-Ly maximum-distance requirement is used by Professor Palin. If you intend to unlock both Engineers, one qualifying journey can satisfy the distance requirement for both.

How to Unlock Chloe Sedesi

Unlock requirements summary:

  • Reach Grade 3 access and at least one-third progress toward Grade 4 with Marco Qwent.
  • Reach a maximum distance of at least 5,000 Ly from your career start location.
  • Obtain 25 Sensor Fragments.
  • Provide the 25 Sensor Fragments to Chloe Sedesi.

Important

Sensor Fragments are very rare Manufactured Engineering materials of Thargoid origin. They are not commodities and do not occupy normal cargo space.

Field note

Professor Palin also requires 25 Sensor Fragments. Unlocking one Engineer does not satisfy the other's donation requirement. If you plan to unlock both, you will need enough Sensor Fragments for both unlocks.

For the complete step-by-step process, see Unlocking Chloe Sedesi.

Increasing Engineer Reputation

Reputation with Chloe Sedesi can be increased by:

  • crafting Engineering modifications at Cinder Dock; or
  • selling exploration data at Cinder Dock.[1][2]

Higher Engineer reputation gives access to the higher grades Chloe supports for each blueprint.

See Engineer Reputation for how ship Engineer reputation, grade access, blueprint progression, referrals, and alternative reputation methods work.

Tip

If your 5,000-light-year journey generated exploration data, consider saving some of it until after Chloe is unlocked. Selling it at Cinder Dock can help increase your Engineer reputation without relying entirely on repeated Engineering rolls.

Engineer Unlock Chain

Chloe Sedesi belongs to the Elvira Martuuk branch of the ship Engineer network.

The route to Chloe is: 

Elvira Martuuk
└── Marco Qwent
    └── Chloe Sedesi

Marco Qwent can also refer Commanders to Professor Palin and Lori Jameson: 

Elvira Martuuk
└── Marco Qwent
    ├── Chloe Sedesi
    ├── Lori Jameson
    └── Professor Palin

Chloe Sedesi does not currently lead to another Engineer in the ship Engineer referral network.[3]

Field note

Professor Palin is not unlocked through Chloe Sedesi. Chloe and Palin are separate referrals from Marco Qwent, despite having the same maximum module grades and similar unlock requirements.

See Engineer Unlock Guide for the complete referral network.

Available Engineering

Chloe's Engineering coverage is shown below. The listed grade is the highest grade she can apply to that module.[1]

Module Available blueprints Maximum grade
Thrusters
  • Clean
  • Dirty
  • Reinforced
 Grade 5
Frame Shift Drive
  • Faster Boot Sequence
  • Increased Range
  • Shielded
 Grade 3

Chloe's primary specialty is therefore Thrusters. Her Frame Shift Drive capability is useful for lower-grade work and Experimental Effects, but Commanders seeking Grade 5 FSD Engineering will need another Engineer.

Experimental Effects

Experimental Effects are separate from the main Engineering blueprint. A compatible module can normally have one Experimental Effect in addition to its blueprint modification.

Chloe can apply Experimental Effects to both Thrusters and Frame Shift Drives.

Thrusters

Available Thruster Experimental Effects include:[6]

Frame Shift Drive

Available Frame Shift Drive Experimental Effects include:[7]

See Experimental Effects for the effects, tradeoffs, and material costs of each option.

Field note

Experimental Effects cannot be applied through ordinary Remote Engineering. The module must be taken to an Engineer who works on that module.

Chloe's most important capability is her Grade 5 Thruster Engineering.

Tip

Common general-purpose choice: Dirty + Drag Drives

For many ships, Dirty Thruster Engineering combined with the Drag Drives Experimental Effect is a strong general-purpose choice when maximum speed, boost speed, and manoeuvrability are the priority.

This is a recommendation rather than a universal rule. Clean, Reinforced, or a different Experimental Effect may be more appropriate for specialised builds.

Dirty Engineering increases Thruster performance while increasing power draw and thermal load and reducing module integrity. The tradeoffs increase at higher grades.[8]

Field note

Drag Drives and Drive Distributors modify Thruster performance in different ways. Drag Drives is not automatically the best Experimental Effect for every ship and Thruster combination; very mass-sensitive configurations can benefit differently depending on the module's optimal-mass curve.

Blueprint Pinning

After earning sufficient reputation with Chloe, one of her blueprints can be pinned for use through Remote Engineering.

Tip

EDFM recommendation: Clean Thrusters is a useful blueprint to pin at Chloe if Professor Palin is already being used to pin Dirty Thrusters.

Both Chloe and Palin provide Grade 5 Thruster Engineering, which makes the pair useful for keeping two different Grade 5 Thruster blueprints available through Remote Engineering.

If Dirty Thrusters is more useful for your fleet and is not already pinned elsewhere, there is no requirement to use the Clean blueprint simply because Chloe can provide it. Blueprint pinning should reflect the modules and builds you actually use.

Important

A pinned blueprint does not allow you to apply Experimental Effects remotely. Experimental Effects still require visiting an appropriate Engineer workshop.

What Chloe Cannot Fully Engineer

Chloe provides maximum-grade Engineering for Thrusters, but her Frame Shift Drive Engineering stops at Grade 3.

Her maximum grades are:

  • Thrusters: Grade 5
  • Frame Shift Drive: Grade 3[1]

For higher-grade Frame Shift Drive Engineering:

Other Engineers who provide Grade 5 Thruster Engineering include:

Chloe is therefore one of the primary maximum-grade Thruster Engineers, but she is not a maximum-grade FSD Engineer.

What Next?

Chloe Sedesi is the end of her referral branch and does not currently introduce another Engineer.

After unlocking her, your next Engineering target depends on which modules you still need to improve.

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Chloe Sedesi — Engineer, Inara.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Engineer Highlight, New Pilots Initiative.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Engineers, Inara.
  4. ↑ GalNet — Chloe Sedesi establishes Cinder Dock facility, Frontier Developments, 3305-08-06.
  5. ↑ Professor Palin — Can't Find Distance Traveled, Frontier Forums.
  6. ↑ Thrusters — Clean, Inara.
  7. ↑ Frame Shift Drive — Faster Boot Sequence, Inara.
  8. ↑ Thrusters — Dirty, Inara.
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